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[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/FutureVision vision.rst


From: Benja Fallenstein
Subject: [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/FutureVision vision.rst
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:07:34 -0400

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
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Changes by:     Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden>      03/09/18 09:07:34

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        FutureVision   : vision.rst 

Log message:
        start hyperstructure

CVSWeb URLs:
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--- manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst:1.91    Thu Sep 18 08:37:05 2003
+++ manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst Thu Sep 18 09:07:34 2003
@@ -207,9 +207,16 @@
 ==============================
 
 At the bottom of an item-centered computing environment,
-is the *network of items*.
-XXX
-
+is the *network of items*. This network is a **hyperstructure**,
+meaning that it allows an arbitrary number of data structures
+to add information about an item through bidirectional connections.
+For example, an address book structure may give
+a person's name and e-mail, while a genealogy structure might
+give their parents, children, and spouses.
+
+Hyperstructure may be implemented in many ways. In this section,
+we present zzstructure and RDF, two hyperstructures actually used
+in systems aiming at the goals we have described above 
[#databases-as-hyperstructure]_.
 
 .. In this section, we shall attempt to define what we mean by the word 
"hyperstructure",
    as used e.g. in the name of the First Hyperstructure Workshop at XXX.
@@ -776,6 +783,12 @@
    characters, in turn, would be connected to your notes
    about them, in this case the idea about how to develop
    one of them.
+
+..  [#databases-as-hyperstructure] Hyperstructure might also be 
+    implemented, for example, as a relational database, 
+    with individual data structures being represented as tables.
+    This would necessiate a system where users could add
+    new tables at any time, without hazzle.
 
 ..  [#zzstructure-rdf] RDF and zzStructure are actually closely
     related: zzStructure is obtained if a RDF graph is constrained




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